Stratton mechanical



(No Model.)

H. J. MOORE.

MACHINE FOR SEALING AND STAMPING-ENVELOPES.

PatentedJan. 10, 1888.

' water or moistening-liquid.

may be filled with ink, the aperture D being UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HOMER J. MOORE, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO THE BRYANT & STRATTON MECHANICAL APPLIANCE COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

MACHINE FOR SEALING AND STAMPING ENVELOPES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 376,333, dated January 10, 1868,

/ Application filed August 23, 1886. Serial No. 211,660. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HOMER J. MooEE, residing at No. 209 Washington Boulevard, in the city of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois,-and a citizen of the United States, have invented new and useful improve ments in Machines for Sealing and Stamping Envelopes; and I do hereby declare the following to be a clear and exact description of the nature thereof, sufficient to enable others skilled in the art to which myinvention appertains to fully understand, make, and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making part of this specification, in .which Figure 1 is a perspective view of my device, showing anenvelope in position thereon. Fig. 2 is a'sectional view on the line X X of Fig. 1. Fig. 3'isa sectional view on the line Y Y of Fig. 4. Fig. 4 is a plan View.

Like parts are indicated by the same letter in all the figures.

A is a. box or receptacle, water-tight, and provided with the feet B B, on which it rests.

v C is the cover of such box. having in one corner the aperture D and in the opposite corner the aperture E. At one end it has an elevated chute, F. In this box are two chambers, onemarked G and the other H, as shown by the dotted outlines of such chambers in Fig. 4..

v J is a lever pivoted at K, the side of the box having an arm-piece, L, at one end, and curved so as to have its other end. lWI, at rightangles to its length. This end M projects into the aperture or area-way N, and carries the loose slide 0. Resting on this slide is a column of stamps, P. Q is the cover for the aperture or area-wayN,pivoted atR,soas to swinglaterally and uncover the way when desired. On top of the box and covering the aperture E is the raised'portion S, having the lateral springarm T, carrying the presser-bar U. The portion S has aninwardlycurved arn1,V, towhich is suspended the flap \V. Z is a wick which passes through the chute F.

The use and operation of my invention are as follows: The chamber G is filled to a suitable height, as indicated in the drawings, with The chamber H covered with a suitable lid to protect the same. The wick Z is placed so as to extend into the ens the envelope.

water and then to extend above the top of the per edge brought against the inner surface of the part S,as shown in Fig. 1, andits flap carried over the extending arm and finger V. It will be remembered that the moistened flap is secured to the finger V, and as the envelope is pushed toward the left its flap passesalongthe gummed edge of the envelope-flap and moist- By continuing the motion of the envelope it passes under the spring presser-bar U, which lies close to the top of the box, and by the pressure thereon it is securely sealed. The envelopeis now forced under the cover Q of the aperture or area-way N, and in such manner as that its corner where the stamp is to be placed passes over and is moistened by the wick Z. It is forced forward until the corner to be stamped is directly over the top of the aperture or area-way N. The column of stamps P in the apertureor area-way N are turned with their gummed sides upward. The lever J is'nowoperated by means of the arm-button L so as to force its end M upward, thus carrying the slide 0 and stamps P to the top of the aperture or areaway N. Here the upper stamp is forced against the moistened corner of the envelope and by the pressure, on the lever is firmly glued thereto. The envelope may now be removedand is ready to be mailed. By this means I arrange a combined inkstand and envelope sealer and stamper.

I claim this my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent- An envelope-sealer consisting of a moistening-fluid receptacle and a raised portion having an arm which carries a moistening-flap and is adapted to pass under the envelope-flap, and the spring-presser bar which passes over such envelope-flap and seals the same when moistened.

The above signed by me this 18th day of August, 1886.

HOMER J. MOORE. Witnesses:

J. E. LINDLEY, O. L. HARPHAM. 

